Ionia

Examples of Ionia in the following topics:

• The Rise of Classical Greece

  • The conflict began when Cyrus the Great conquered the Greek-inhabited region of Ionia in 547 BCE.
  • After struggling to control the cities of Ionia, the Persians appointed tyrants to rule each of them.

• Architecture in the Hellenistic Period

  • Other examples of grand and monumental architecture can be found in Ionia, modern day Turkey in Pergamon, and Didyma.

• Effects of the Persian Wars

  • The cities of Ionia were also liberated from Persian control.

• The Persian Wars

  • The Lydians of western Asia Minor conquered the cities of Ionia, which put the region at conflict with the Median Empire, the precursor to the Achaemenid Empire of the Persian Wars and a power that the Lydians opposed.

• Paintings, Macedonian Court Art, and the Alexander Mosaic

  • The most powerful dynasties included the Attalids who ruled the kingdom of Pergamon in Ionia, the Seleucids who controlled Anatolia and the Near East, and the Ptolemaic dynasty that ruled Egypt.

• Defeat of Persia by Alexander the Great

  • The collision between the fractious political world of the Greeks and the enormous empire of the Persians began when Cyrus the Great conquered Ionia in 547 BCE.

• Classical Greek Architecture

  • The Ionic Order coexisted with the Doric Order and was favored by Greek cities in Ionia, Asia Minor, and the Aegean Islands.